Castelfranco Veneto Travel Guide

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Castelfranco Veneto (TV) was established around 1199 as a defense for the the
people of Treviso during a time when regional conquest was common.
Today the commune (city) is home to 36,000 people. Castelfranco
Veneto's most famous resident was the painter Giorgione (b1477 d1510). While the house of Giorgione
is still erect, most of his belongings and documents were destroyed
after his death around 1510. This destruction as well as the
repainting of his home was a common practice as Giorgione died from the black plague. A remaining Giorgione painting, Madonna in trono con in Bambino , can be seen in the Dome (the main catherdral) built by architecht Francesco Maria Preti. Also built by Francesco Maria Preti is the Theatro Accademico.

Eating
in Castelfranco is wonderful. Several restaraunts and bars (and
Gelato stands) line both the main strip outside the moat and the
streets and alleys within the castel walls. The food is not
geared toward toursits and provides authentic regional
cuisine. An average meal is around 5-7 euros for a first
(pasta) course, 7-15 euros for a second (meat) course. Espresso
(caffe) is under one euro as is a scoop of gelato. House wines
cost between two and five euros per liter making them quite a
bargin. Of course pizza is also available and ranges from thin
crust with exotic topings to thick slices found in the cafes to street
pizza sold by the slice.

We stayed in the Hotel Alla Torre located accross from the main
strip next to the tower (torre). The accomodations were quite
nice and the staff was extremely friendly and professional. A
traditional european contentenal breakfast included with the room was
offered each morning. This included items from the coffee bar
such as espresso and cappiccino. The hotel offers Wi-Fi for a
very reasonalble price (1 hour free and 1 euro for 3 hours past
that).

Getting to Castlefranco is a little tricky, but managable.
From Venice a train 45 train ride on Trenitalia will leave you with
about a 10 minute walk to the castle walls. A cab from Marco Polo
or Traviso airports can be costly, but there is a shuttle to Mestre
station form each airport that is only 2.50 euro. From Mestre you
are one stop from Venice San Lucia in one direction and a little over a
half hour from Castelfranco in the other.